Consultancy Mandera Water Sector Market Assessment

The Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) is a permanent global alliance of leading humanitarian and private organisations that convenes opportunities and partnerships, accelerates learning and effective models, and influences the WASH space by leveraging the expertise and reach of its members and partners to scale quality, sustained WASH services. Founded in the year 2002, MWA seeks to advance high standards for program quality, transparency and accountability and work with its members, governments, communities, private sector partners and other key stakeholders to bring to scale effective and sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene education solutions. MWA therefore sees WASH beyond a service but as a platform for advocacy, social enterprise, economic empowerment, and gender justice.

Following the implementation of RAPID+ program across five counties (Wajir, Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit and Turkana) over the last 10 years, MWA is considering expanding its scope to include Mandera County. Mandera presents a distinct operational context characterised by unique security dynamics, cross-border influences, and water service delivery challenges. To ensure evidence-based programming, MWA plans to conduct a rapid water sector assessment in Mandera to identify priority needs, viable entry points, and relevant stakeholders. This assessment is expected to be a “quasi-baseline” to establish the status of water access while also conducting stakeholder and political economy analysis to guide future interventions.

Interested firms must submit detailed technical and financial proposals (in Kenya Shillings) that clearly explain their understanding of the Terms of Reference, approaches, and methodologies to be used to undertake the assignment.